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View Poll Results: How Do You Want The Transformation Into He-Man To Go?

He-man transformation

I agree it gives the true representation of the actual story of a Prince who avoids confrontation, turning into a hero.
It was missing that crucial element in the 80's film along with the many unusual creatures on eternia. Hopefully they will set it on Eternia with no mention of Earth.

Holding the sword aloft, with subsequent transformation, is such an inherently HUGELY powerful, perfect cinematic image, that I'd almost go so far as to say that the movie is already a failure without it.

Adam raising his sword and growing bigger into he-man. I don't think the movie would be relevant without that transformation sequence. Only hard core fans know that he-man was a roaming barbarian in the original mini-comics. Everyone else relates he-man to the filmation series or 200x series,which has the tranformation sequence.

Adam being He-Man

In a sense that he grows into he-man like it was developed in the Justin Marks' script, keeping the focus central on the original Mini-comics and borrowing some canons from MYP and Filmation without all the cheesiness these series had.

Had the MOTU followed the original trend and cannons established in the original mini-comics, it would had become a very much more succesful brand.

I recall when I was eight years old growing up in my native Panama, back in 1982, even adults and teenagers felt curious about the toys, the art that it came with and the cool advertisements on t.v., but once filmation kicked in, it killed most of the original mythos and charm the franchise had and the lost of interest that came with it.

I should say the new movie should target that original vibe the MOTU franchise had before Filmation and established by the artboxes and mini-comics. To me Filmation is in the same line with the Batman series of the 60's and the 70's cartoons of the Justigue League (Superfriends).

Had the MOTU followed the original trend and cannons established in the original mini-comics, it would had become a very much more succesful brand.

IMO, that would have made it just another Conan rip off. While some people feel that Filmation's cartoon didn't age well, that is what contributed to a large portion of the franchise's success in the 1980's(at least it did in the US).

IMO, that would have made it just another Conan rip off. While some people feel that Filmation's cartoon didn't age well, that is what contributed to a large portion of the franchise's success in the 1980's(at least it did in the US).

Same in the UK. Filmation had quite the opposite effect here, and Masters of the Universe was massively popular due directly to the immense success of the Filmation series. Before then, it didn't really do much.

: We are honored to have with us a revolutionary of a different caliber. He has revolted. Resisted. Fought. Held fast. Maintained. Destroyed resistance. Overcome coercion. The right to be a Person, Someone, or Individual. We applaud his private war and concede that despite materialistic efforts he has survived intact and secure. All that remains is recognition of a Man.

To me Filmation is in the same line with the Batman series of the 60's and the 70's cartoons of the Justigue League (Superfriends).

i don't see it that way. batman was already about 25 years old as a franchise when the 60's show came along. he-man, on the other hand, was still in it's early evolution as a franchise.

i liken filmation's relationship to he-man's development to being more like the superman radio serial's and the fleischer cartoons, which introduced things like superman flying (introduced in the fleischer cartoons), or kryptonite (introduced in the radio show).

so while the filmation show certainly had it's fair share of camp, it also introduced many things into the mythos that are now considered inseparable from the character, and indeed distinguish him from being just another wandering barbarian.